Category Archives: Personal Technology

This is part three of five in a series of posts about my Tesla Energy system and my understanding of how the system works. In this post, I try to answer some questions you might have about what a system … Continue reading →

This is part two of five in a series of posts about my Tesla Energy system and my understanding of how the system works. In this post, I share my understanding of the components of my system, what they do, … Continue reading →

“40% of people clicked through when the button was blue. When we changed it to green, the click-through rate increased by 20%!” We all know that the above statement is ambiguous; we can’t be sure whether the writer intends to … Continue reading →

I don’t like losing data, and I’m guessing that you don’t, either. I already do local backups, but not only can it a little cumbersome and easy to forget (not to mention drive failures), fire or theft could result in … Continue reading →

I recently moved my flat-panel displays further away from my computer, but the DVI cables they came with weren’t long enough to connect the displays to the computer in their new location. So, I ordered some longer DVI cables from … Continue reading →

Perpolis gives you ownership of and puts you in control of your own data; whether it’s your blog posts, status updates, pictures, bookmarks, address book, calendar, or to-do lists. The idea is simple: everything personal, such as a blog post or address book, should be yours. If you choose to have your blog hosted by, say, Blogger, or your address book hosted by Hotmail, then this may not be the case. These data are difficult to take with you should you decide to move to another service, or if either of these services ceases operations. Continue reading →